Header for bunch-rolling machines.



"N0. 639,|9l. Patenfed Dec. 12, I899.

c. A. BAKER.

HEADER FOR BUNCH ROLLING MACHINES.

(Appli'ation filed Oct. 25, I896. Renewed Apr. 20, 1899.) (No- Model.) 2Sheets-Sheet L INVENTOR WITNESSES; 50460",

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'NO- 639,19l. Patented Dec. I399. C. A. BAKER.

HEADER FOR BUNCH ROLLING MACHINES.

(Application filed Oct. 28, 1896. Renewed Apr. 20, 1899.) (No Model.) 2swam-sheet 2.

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CHARLES A. BAKER, OF BINGHAMTON, NElV YORK.

HEADER FOR BUNCH- ROLLlNG MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,191, dated December12, 1899.

Application filed October 26, 1896. Renewed April 20, 1899. serial No.713,756. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BAKER, of Binghamton, in the county ofBroome, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Headers for Bunch- Rolling Machines, of which thefollowing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to cigar-bunchrolling machines, and particularly todevices and means for smoothing and shaping the head.

My object is to provide such a machine with a header provided with aspring mechanism whereby the head of the bunch or cigar isspring-pressed against the inner wall of the head-receivingcavity 0rshaper during the rotation of the bunch as it is being rolled into thewrapper and whereby the head is pressed to true shape, the wrapper issmoothed out and smoothly wound thereon, and the head finished. It isconstructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 isatop plan of part of the bunchrollingchamber and the header. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a section on line X X. Fig. 5is an end elevation of the same looking from the right; Fig. '6 is aperspective of the presser-spring shown in the preceding figures on anenlarged scale. Fig. 7 is a section thereof 011 line Y Y. Fig. 8 is avertical section of the header-body and spring, showing the rabbetacross the body, the spring therein being in substantially its normalposition. Fig. 9 is a like view of the same, showing a head inserted andthe spring depressed. Fig. 10 is a top plan view of the header, spring,and part of the wrapperstretcher.

For illustration of the principle of its operation my invention is hereshown as applied to a machine like that patented to Bunn, Baker, andKeyes March 5, 1895, No. 535,043; but it can be applied to any machinewhich uses or employs a concavity to receive the head of a bunch or toshape it.

. A is a suitable table. 2 is the endless apron, and 3 the rear rollerof the bunch-rotating mechanism. 4 is the presser-roller, and 5 is thewrapper-stretcher, all substantially as shown in said patent and not apart of thisinvention. Neither is the wrapper-nick ingknife 6 or itsmounting, nor the paste-tube 7. A suitable header 8 is suitably mounted,as upon said table, suitably recessed to receive the head of a bunch,and provided with an ordinary slit 9, through which the wrapper is drawnas it is wound onto said head. A spring-arm 10 has one end suitablysecured to said table and its other end transversely concaved, as at 11,and is here shown as provided with a lip 12, which engages with thewrapper-stretcher as a stop to regulate its upward movement. (See Figs.3 and 4.) It is also usually provided with a transverse ridge 13.- Theinner end of said header-body is usually rabbeted transversely uponsubstantially the line of the dotted line in Fig. 1, which can alsoindicate the edge of said spring, which fits under the flange created bythe said rabbet and across the front of said recess, said concavitybeing more or less corresponding to the shape of a head. When a bunch14. is inserted into said recess, the action of the spring tends tothrow and hold the tuck end of the bunch up, substantially as shown bythe dotted outline of a bunch, and when the presser-roller is loweredsaid bunch will be forced down, so that its axis will be substantiallyhorizontal while being rotated. The spring thus holds the headyieldingly and in close contact with the wall of said recess while thebunch is being rolled into the wrapper until the head is Wrapped, pastedthrough an opening in extension of the paste'pipe, nicked, and wrappedaround and over the point or tip. tion is particularly effective incausing the tip to be completely finished in said recess, requiring norubbing or smoothing down by the fingers after the cigar is removed fromthe rolling-chamber and recess. It will thus be seen that when the headof the bunch is inserted its tuck end will be thrown up away from theapron by the action of said spring and that when the presser-roll islowered it will rock the bunch upon the spring until it lies upon theapron with its axis in substantiallya horizontal plane, whereby thetension of the spring is increased, said bunch thus operating as alever, having its fulcral bearing .upon said spring.

This spring ac-- What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. In a cigar-bunch-rolling machine, a header recessed to receive thehead of the bunch, and which head projects outwardly at its inner endfrom the top of the spring, combined with a flat spring which extends atan angle to the header, and is concaved near its outer end, said springforming the lower portion of a part of the header, and which springexerts a pressure upon the head while it is being formed, substantiallyas described.

2. In a cigar-bunch-rolling machine, a

header having a portion of its lower side removed, and a fiat spring 10,concaved near its free end, and which concaved end forms the lowerportion of the header, combined with the wrapper-stretcher having atransverse ridge 13, havingashoulder formed upon its end and under whichthe end 12 of the spring catches, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of October,1896.

CHARLES A. BAKER. In presence of MARY A. FRANKLIN, HOWARD P. DENISON.

